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Re: setting up authentification for reading news



> my news server requires that I use authentification to identify myself.
> 
> I've been told that a number of windows news readers will do this.
> 
> Any suggestions on how to set this up under linux.

This would depend upon which news reader you are using.  In Tin, you create a .newsauth file; in SLRN, it is an entry in .slrnrc.

See the manpages for those programs for more detail.  Search for "authentication".
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